It was not illegal or impermissible to have done what I did but I now regret the choices I made in those difficult and dark times. The Taoiseach addresses the Dáil about payments received in the early 1990s.
There are serious issues here and for a small party in government it's always very difficult when issues of this kind arise.
Former tánaiste Mary Harney as tensions heighten between the PDs and Fianna Fáil.
He was just an ordinary person.
Dorothy Rineer, a neighbour of Charles Roberts, the US gunman who stormed an Amish school in Pennsylvania.
This approach is unsolicited, wholly opportunistic and significantly undervalues the group's businesses and attractive long-term growth potential.
John Sharman, Aer Lingus chairman, as Ryanair makes a bid for its rival.
Bush, you are a lying failure and a charlatan.
Ayman al-Zawahiri, al-Qaeda's second in command, has strong words for the US president.
I don't know what to think any more. I think it is totally out of hand. We don't know where we are going.
Nadia McCaffrey, whose son Patrick was killed while serving with US forces in Iraq. She was commenting after it emerged that the Republican party has earmarked $20 million to commemorate the "success" of the US invasion.
If North Koreans do have the nuclear test, I think that they have to realise that they will face serious consequences.
China's envoy to the United Nations, Wang Guangya, cautions North Korea against carrying out its threat to test a nuclear weapon.
Once again you've witnessed the weakness of priests.
The Rev Tom Skindeleski from St Vincent Ferrer Roman Catholic church in Florida. Two priests at the parish made off with $8.6 million raised in church-gate collections.
In the absence of Sudan's consent to the deployment of UN troops, any volunteering to provide peacekeeping troops to Darfur will be considered as a hostile act, a prelude to an invasion of a member country of the UN.
The Sudanese government warns the United Nations to stay out of Darfur.
Whatever we do, Bulgarian and Romanian immigration into Ireland is still going to be strong.
Dr Allen Barrett of the ESRI says migration from Bulgaria and Romania should be restricted through a system of work permits when both states join the EU.
Communities are bound together partly by informal chance relations between strangers - people being able to acknowledge each other in the street or being able pass the time of day. That's made more difficult if people are wearing a veil. That's just a fact of life.
Jack Straw, the former British home secretary, says he does not think Muslim women in the UK should wear veils.
The DUP will always look for an excuse to impede the political process and to hold back on going into power with nationalists on equal terms.
They will continue to look for reasons not to do it. Everybody needs to tell them the time has come to move forward.
Alex Atwood of the SDLP.
The BMW is a smug car and perhaps there is some envy towards the drivers from those of us in our Fiestas.
Ian Vince, a UK motoring expert, after a survey showed that BMW owners were the most unpopular drivers on the road
You did Fox's bidding on this show. You did your nice little conservative hit job on me.
Bill Clinton gives a Fox news anchor a dressing down. The controversial right-wing station is 10 years old this week.